Fourth Annual WomenInFilm Short Film Showcase

Celebrating International Women’s Day, this elite selection of female film talent will feature short films culled from over 40 finalist selections submitted by their international members and Film Festival Partners.

Lineup:

TAKE 3
12 minutes
New Zealand
Owen Hughes -producer
Roseanne Liang - director
Comedy - The audition room is a minefield for three Asian actresses who are expected to be Asian in ways they are not completely comfortable with. When the humiliations mount, they transcend their rivalry in one gleeful act of solidarity, empowering themselves with the very stereotype that they’ve been subjected to.

MONTREAL 1971
24 minutes
Montreal, Canada
Vanya Rose - director/writer/producer
Three part poetic portraits taking place throughout the 20th century in Montreal Canada - A story told with few words and great cinematography, Montreal 1971, follows a young woman on her journey through love, loss and loneliness. Each moment in her life and her memories unfolds in a serious of precious decisions similar to what many women face.

LOVE LETTERS
8 minutes
Australia
Peggy Yabevula - producer/cinematographer
Nick Khoo - director
Drama - Premiered at WOW Festival 2008 - Steve, an 8 year old corresponds with 8 year old Theresa, in Africa, through a sponsorship organization which only allows communication until she is 18. Before the contact is cut off, he has to tell her how he really feels.

THE COLORS OF VEIL
5.5 minutes
Washington DC, USA
Jehan Harney – director/producer
Documentary - A former U.S. soldier ultimately found her identity in the veil, and became a vanguard of the growing American-Muslim community. Share in her struggles to find a job that accepts her and how her trials have inspired others like her.

LULLABY
11 minutes
Australia
Kate Breen - producer
Katie O'Neill - director
Fiction - Premiered at WOW Festival 2008 -- Sisters Poppy and Bella struggle to bring themselves up in a rundown warehouse above a burlesque club where there Mother is a singer.

QUARTER TO NOON
14 minutes
Austin, Texas, USA
Kat Candler - director/writer/producer

Greg Omelchuck - producer
Ray Pena -- producer
Aman Satterwhite - producer
Drama/Comedy/Fantasy - Enclosed in a stale office with a single door and a single window and several framed “Best Worker” Awards, a worker works. She's good at her job -- consistent, dedicated, and high performing; however, when she discovers a new world outside her office window… she escapes.

Information from the WomenInFilm website